Weekend Road Trip: The Jokes Phone

About this episode

This episode explores a pay phone in Washington, D.C that tells jokes and affirmations as part of a Weekend Road Trip series.

A pay phone in Washington, D.C tells you jokes and affirmations. This episode is part of our Weekend Road Trip Series, where we bring you stories of the strange, incredible, and wondrous places right here in the United States, that you can see from the road. This series was produced in partnership with T-Mobile.

Topics covered

• road trip
• jokes
• affirmations
• pay phone
• strange places
• travel

Keywords

• pay phone
• Washington D.C
• jokes
• affirmations
• Weekend Road Trip
• T-Mobile
• travel

Sponsors

T-Mobile

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Washington, D.C

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